Thesaurus results for MINED

mined

verb

past tense of mine

as in attacked

to place hidden explosive devices in or under the troops hurriedly mined the field before relinquishing it to the enemy

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Recent Examples of mined Since being mined, the stone has been viewed as part of the country’s collective narrative. — Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Achieving and verifying high-purity output from secondary feedstocks, rather than virgin mined ore, is a technically demanding problem that has limited the domestic recycling sector for years. — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026 Our attention is mined for engagement through algorithms that encourage anger, outrage, and division. — Arianna Huffington, Time, 29 June 2026 For decades, humans mined antibiotic molecules from microbes and tweaked them to develop new drugs, staying ahead of evolution’s cunning countermeasures. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026 Most of the gold that is mined in Sudan is exported to the UAE. — Janine Di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026 Craftsmanship, fabric, era and current bridal taste all shape demand, and even an unwearable gown can be mined for its lace, buttons or veil. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026 The main central route of the Strait of Hormuz is still mined and remains closed. — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 23 June 2026 There's the middle normal navigational channel that, unfortunately, the Iranians have mined. — ABC News, 21 June 2026

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So the next time your brand wants to bare its teeth, picture Mickey in his tuxedo being attacked by an oversized beaver.

— Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
The suspect is believed to be a woman, but investigators have not ruled out the possibility that the teen was attacked by a man wearing women’s clothes, according to a law enforcement source.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026

Definition of attacked

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On May 17, 1777, a group of British soldiers, loyalist militia and Native Americans ambushed Georgia Patriots near the mouth of Thomas Creek, near what is now the Jacksonville airport.

— Lane Degregory, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
The first convoy sent by the Malian army was ambushed last Sunday, FLA said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

Definition of ambushed

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Things had improved since then, before spilling out into the open late last year when Saudi Arabia bombed a port in Yemen targeting a weapons shipment from the UAE.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 July 2026
Helldivers 2 was bombed with hundreds of thousands of negative reviews, and Sony reversed the policy within days.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

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